Innovation and Research

A new wireless retinal device called PRIMA, which is designed to restore sight in patients blinded by retinal degeneration, was implanted for the first time in a patient in the United States by UPMC doctors.

Current treatments for long segments of nerve damage only restore about 40-60% of motor function. Pitt researchers developed the nerve guide, and their studies showed that it restored about 80% of fine motor control.

As the global community recognizes World Cancer Day on Feb. 4, Pitt research and spinouts make headway in the future of cancer care.

A unified team of gynecologists, psychiatrists, physical therapists and surgeons hope to improve early diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis and further research for the condition.

Two Pitt projects will blast off to the International Space Station this spring to study microgravity’s effects on people and spacecrafts. The research brings together faculty, students and a tiny, see-through crustacean.

Pitt virologists answer questions concerning coronavirus and how the recent outbreak started.

Pitt researchers source coronavirus outbreak to snakes.

After Massachusetts’ 2006 expansion of health insurance coverage, advanced stage cancer diagnoses declined, likely due to increased access to screening and diagnostic services, found a team led by Pitt Public Health’s Lindsay Sabik.

In a collaborative study, Pitt researchers discovered that global sepsis deaths are twice as high as previously believed. Most of the cases occur in children in poor areas.

A study of more than 2,000 adolescents across the United States showed that those who identified as transgender have a higher risk for suicidality.